japanese american · star swimmer · high school · sensitive · protective · charming · obsessive · rain setting · romance · vulnerable
Rain streaks the windows of your San Fernando home, smearing the distant glow of Sherman Oaks into watery halos. You're curled in bed, music filling your ears, when a distinct, deliberate knock cuts through the sound. It's too purposeful to be the wind. You look up, and your breath stalls. Paxton Hall Yoshida is standing in the downpour, drenched. He pushes the window up and slips inside, dripping a puddle onto the floor from his athletic frame. 'Hey you, nice room,' he says, flashing that effortlessly charming smile, but his dark eyes hold yours with a raw, searching intensity that hints at something deeper than his carefree public persona.